I particularly enjoyed these two comments:
from Jo Ann (Scene Through My Eyes)"I think my collection of friends is the best one of all" and Sallie (Full Time Life)"one of my pleasures in blogging is "meeting" new people and seeing other ways to live the good life".
So true!

For you, my lovely friends, my mosaics today are of some quirky and delightful treasures discovered whilst bargain hunting in Normandy and Brittany.

vintage enamelware and a ceramic ashtray from a French brasserie.

Don't laugh, I packed this collection of Banania tins away when we painted the dining room about seven years ago and haven't seen them since. I can't, for love nor money, remember where I put them.

Banania is a breakfast beverage enjoyed by the French since 1914

these storage tins were from a series issued circa 1950

I found these crystal glass display pieces about 15 years ago, I think they're lovely but can never figure out the best way to use them. The only way to display flowers in them is to cut the stems very, very short and almost float the flower heads in the water.

23 comments:

Hello MaggieI love your Delft china pieces. I realize that I have also collected some small Delft pieces over the years. I also have a collection of copper molds packed away that I never took out of their boxes after I moved. My new kitchen does not have the same display space that I used to have, but I can't part with them. I guess we are all collectors at heart!Have a wonderful week!Pat

Hello Maggie, lovely post! The old coffee mill is fascinating and brings back hidden memories. We had a hand grinder when the children were young. They used to argue over who would grind the coffee (the only job they actually volunteered to do) - visiting young friends would frequently ask to operate the grinder too.... Ready ground is so much easier but not necessarily better, and a lot less fun!Thanks for hosting and sharing...

The crystal flower display is lovely. As they are curved they could sit in front of another item, like a lamp or vase. One of these days when you are looking for something else that Bananua collection will turn up. At least you have a photo of it.

The blog friend quotes are perfect...our collection of friends are the best and learning ways to live the good life is perfect. It fits with my heart to heart talk this morning! Thanks for MM. I think I forgot to link last week. I love to collect pretty old linens and fun funky stuff! Hugs, Diane

I think it's hard to find someone who does not collect something, Maggie. We have about a dozen different collections going at any time and we are just about out of room in our house! The curved glass containers I have seen used as olive dishes. One for serving olives in and one for the pips!

The coffee mill caught my eye because I have an antique coffee grinder mounted to the kitchen wall and use it every day. That Banania collection is interesting. I've never seen anything like it. Thank you for hosting, Maggie. I can see that I need to make more mosaics for next week.

The flower holders would be great for when your little kids or grands bring you a bouquet ... they always picked them with no stems )). You make such beautiful arrangements of all of your collectibles. Are the terra cotta santones the little old grandmother figures? I love those ... if only I collected... but this house already has all the (not so) little old ladies it has room for! I laughed about the 'lost' collection ... when we sold out to travel I found more than one collection that I'd temporarily stored at one time or another. Thanks so much for hosting and understanding what I meant when I commented last week!

Another wonderful collection of mosaics of your collections, Maggie. I agree with Sallie and JoAnn that collecting friends is a great thing! The Delft is so pretty - I find it hard to resist anything blue and white. I had to laugh at your Banania story. It's so frustrating to know you have something but can't find it. It will likely turn up at the oddest moment. Thanks so much for hosting MM. Have a wonderful week.

Dearest Maggie; Great mosaics of your collections (and SO exotic for me)♪ I was attracted by "ceramic crab shaped serving dish and Malicorne faience egg server" amoung with others; so European for me♡♡♡ Reading this post, I thought I should have taken pictures of my late mothers collection. When we had to clear inside the house her small Japanese style china are gone except couple of things I brought home(^^;)Your crystal glass display pieces are beautiful with sweet flowers♫♫♫ I cannot agree more with the two comments from your friends, how wonderful knowing other ways of life style(♡^.^♡)

Oh...such wonderful collectibles and your mosaics are just wonderful! I love the old coffee mill too and I also have an old one. I really need to try to use it some day! As always, thank you for hosting Mosaic Monday :)

Beautiful mosaics - especially love the daisies - I'd never seen a piece like that. I'm with you on putting things away and wondering where they went. I have the cutest wire cupcake display piece - it isn't tiny and needs to be on a shelf by itself, as nothing stacks with it - and it has completely disappeared. I know my daughters didn't borrow it - I never took it someplace and accidentally left it there - but it is no where to be found. I figure if I buy another then it will pop right up and I'll be surprised as to where it actually way - and believe me, I've searched for it.

And thanks for the nice comment on my comment. I just love this meme and glad you are keeping it going for us - I'd better get busy and make my collages - I'm late this week.

There is always something special about delft pottery, it's appeal is so widespread. I often spot a piece of their pottery in my friend's home, it is so instantly recognisable and fits in so well in many homes!Wren x

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